A few months ago when we wrote about Minnesota startup QuickCheck Health and its attempt to raise $2 million, the company’s founder, president & CEO, Tom Henke, declined to comment.
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Health IT firm Explorys adds California health system to network
iPhone app from Health Discovery is world’s first to use image analysis to determine melanoma risk
Health Discovery Corp. (OTC:HDVY) announced the launch of its iPhone app that uses image-based pattern recognition and mathematical algorithms to assess melanoma risk.
Called MelApp, the app is intended to help users learn about melanoma and identify areas of their skin which may need physician attention. MelApp is available through the iTunes App Store for $1.99.
CMS Clarifies Electronic Transmission
One of the more confusing items about Meaningful Stage 1 is what constitutes a test of electronic record exchange. The HIT Standards Committee did not specify transport standards, so there are no certification criteria to test the ability of an EHR to send data from place to place.
It was unclear what kinds of transport constitute a valid test of data exchange – Bluetooth between iPhones? e-Fax? USB Drives?
Medtronic builds a healthcare mobile app for cardiac medical devices
Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) launched the first healthcare mobile app to work with its implanted cardiac medical devices and has plans to spread beyond Apple products into other mobile platforms.
Electronic medical records: Making patient engagement useful
Stage 2 of Meaningful Use is likely to include numerous patient engagement features.
BIDMC has been offering Personal Health Records since 1999 and we’ve learned that patient information must be organized appropriately and wrapped in patient education materials so that the data is transformed into knowledge, and is actionable.
Supporting electronic health records for non-owned doctors
Implementing electronic health records requires transformation of a medical practice. It’s more about workflow and change management than technology. In Massachusetts, competitive pressures, pay for performance contracts, and increasing demands from specialists to be connected to primary care givers are motivating clinicians to install electronic health records. The challenge is how to pay for them and how to provide the services necessary to ensure successful implementation.
Software security: Electronic medical records more vulnerable to physical theft than hackers
Software Advice’s "Wall of Shame"
The threat of hacking electronic medical records may be a concern to many health care providers, but software experts argue that physical theft and human error are much bigger problems.
Using data published by the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Software Advice, a computer consultation service, combed through reports of medical record breaches and found that physical theft and loss accounted for more than 60 percent of all security breaches.
Hacking comprised just 6 percent of the breaches.
Application building for dummies: Filling unmet medical needs
By Keeley Wray
What do you invest in if you’re a venture capitalist looking for the next big thing? I’d invest in a company that makes it easy to create your own healthcare mobile apps. Think: the WordPress of health care applications.
Electronic medical records: Assessing U.S. national health care IT efforts
As I travel the world speaking about the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, I’m often asked to present objective evidence that it is making a difference.
Here’s the progress thus far:
War health info? There’s an app for that | MassDevice MedTech Monday
The U.S. Army announced that it will begin testing 85 smartphone apps, including ones designed to help medics share medical information in the field.
The Army first announced that it would consider battlefield smartphone apps in December, when it began conducting pilots to determine whether medical record applications running on Apple and Android devices would be helpful in the field.
The latest series of tests include apps that allow soldiers to track moods and emotional well-being and medics to report a wounded soldier’s information and GPS location.